enneiger
French
Etymology
en- + neige + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒe/, /ɑ̃.ne.ʒe/
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Verb
enneiger
- to cover in snow
- Antonym: déneiger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written enneige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of enneiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enneiger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enneigeant /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enneigé /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒe/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enneige /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | enneiges /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | enneige /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | enneigeons /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɔ̃/ | enneigez /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒe/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒe/ | enneigent /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ |
imperfect | enneigeais /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɛ/ | enneigeais /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɛ/ | enneigeait /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɛ/ | enneigions /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒjɔ̃/ | enneigiez /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒje/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒje/ | enneigeaient /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enneigeai /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒe/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒe/ | enneigeas /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒa/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒa/ | enneigea /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒa/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒa/ | enneigeâmes /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒam/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒam/ | enneigeâtes /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒat/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒat/ | enneigèrent /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | enneigerai /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁe/ | enneigeras /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁa/ | enneigera /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁa/ | enneigerons /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | enneigerez /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁe/ | enneigeront /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enneigerais /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁɛ/ | enneigerais /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁɛ/ | enneigerait /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁɛ/ | enneigerions /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enneigeriez /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒə.ʁje/ | enneigeraient /ɑ̃.nɛʒ.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enneige /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | enneiges /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | enneige /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | enneigions /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒjɔ̃/ | enneigiez /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒje/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒje/ | enneigent /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ |
imperfect2 | enneigeasse /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒas/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒas/ | enneigeasses /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒas/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒas/ | enneigeât /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒa/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒa/ | enneigeassions /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | enneigeassiez /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒa.sje/ | enneigeassent /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒas/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enneige /ɑ̃.nɛʒ/ | — | enneigeons /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒɔ̃/ | enneigez /ɑ̃.nɛ.ʒe/ or /ɑ̃.ne.ʒe/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- enneigement
Related terms
- déneiger
- neige
- neiger
- reneiger
Further reading
- “enneiger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.